One of the earliest films I remember watching in this young life of mine… 🙂
Nokkethadhoorathu Kannum Nattu is a movie starring the lovely Padmini, Nadia Moidu, Mohanlal and a bunch of others. The film is funny-sad-hilarious in parts. An old woman lives a solitary existence, waiting for someone to come ring her doorbell. Where is her family? Who is the cheeky young woman who lands at her doorstep one night? What secret does she hide? Who is the man who arrives from Delhi? All these questions make for a sweetly sentimental film replete with emotion, laughs, pranks and mushy moments.
A song I adore is "Aayiram Kannumaayi" featuring Padmini and Nadia Moidu. The grandmother has finally met her grandchild. Years of pent up love and adoration spill forth as the two women try to make up for lost time. How hard we try to express our love, what a futile attempt.
The lyrics are heartbreakingly lovely. Here's my rough attempt at translation.
I waited for you, with a thousand eyes,
Little bird who flew away from me, darling little bird.
Didn't realize the dew had fallen, didn't realize that the sunshine had arrived and left,
Dearest, I simply counted the days until you would arrive,
You came, you stayed, my life's completion you are…
Did the breeze kiss you? Did the bee play the violin?
Did the peacock inside open its blue fan of feathers?
You are the flower that eternally bloomed in my memory,
The soul of my existence that left me and went afar…
I waited for you, with a thousand eyes,
Little bird who flew away from me, darling little bird.
Occurred to me, as I heard this song today (and before), that these words are perfect for the soul calling the Divine. Or maybe the other way around? How long I have been waiting for You, so long. And now that You are here, I am complete. And I realize that You were never gone. You were right here.
